10/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission recently launched a competition inviting art and graphics students aged 16 and over and European citizens to create a one-page comic strip, with no text, to illustrate the concept of citizenship in the European Union. Proposals will be the subject of a first selection at national level and the three winners will be invited to a prize awarding ceremony on 3 April 2009 organised in each country. The 27 national winners will then be invited to Brussels from 9-11 May 2009 and three of them will be awarded a price (€6,000 for the first prize, €4,000 for the second and €2,000 for the third) by Vice-President of the European Commission Jacques Barrot. (I.L./transl.jl)